BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
SIGNING OF CONVENTION. ABOLITION OF CAPITULATIONS. ENJOYMENT OF EQUAL RIGHTS. (Official Wireless.) (Received July 27, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, July 26. The convention between Britain and France resulting from the abolition of capitulations in Egypt and from the British Government's obligations under the declaration between Britain and France of 1904 relating to Egypt and Morocco will be signed in a few days. The effect o_f the convention is to abolish British capitulatory rights, Including British post offices, In the French zone of Morocco. British subjeotsfl, British protected persons, and British companies will become subject to the jurisdiction of the same tribunals and enjoy the same personal and private rights as French citizens and companies. The French, capitulatory rights In Zanzibar are also abolished.
Commercial matters are not covered by the convention and will form the subject of separate negotiations.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20256, 27 July 1937, Page 7
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141BRITAIN AND FRANCE. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20256, 27 July 1937, Page 7
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